Ancient Theatre of Karthaia, Kea

On the southeastern coast of Kea, the Ancient Theatre of Karthaia sits within the ruins of one of the island's four ancient city-states, a settlement inhabited from the 8th century BC to the 6th century AD before being abandoned. The site's remains, including its acropolis, town centre and fortifications, spread across the Aspri Vigla hills, which the poet Pindar called the "narrow ridge of land." Across archaic, classical, Hellenistic, Roman and late antique periods, this theatre formed part of a civic life that endured for some 1,300 years.